Chowpatty Beach at low tide after the Ganpati Visarjan (immersion) festival in Mumbai. The festival celebrates Lord Ganesh as the deity of prosperity and remover of obstacles. On the tenth day, the idol of Lord Ganesh is transported with singing and dancing and immersed in the sea. (Bunty Chand)

"The thangka ... are means for the Buddhists to achieve their aim of spiritual development, and are not just material works of art," says noted art conservator Anupam Sah. Join him at the CSMVS Museum Art Conservation Centre in Mumbai this Saturday, July 13.

Watch Japanese contemporary dancer and choreographer KENTARO!! perform his solo piece After Raining, It Will Be Sunny, in an Asia Society India Centre event at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Mumbai last month.

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